Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to allow nursery schools to offer the 30 hours of free early education for three and four year olds from September 2017.
Maintained nursery schools are able to offer the 30 hours entitlement, as are all early years providers. However, if they cannot or do not want to offer the whole entitlement themselves, we would encourage them to work in partnership with others. We have supported this approach, for example by publishing practical advice on working in partnership, and by allowing childminders to spend up to half of their time working on non-domestic premises (such as schools).